Community-based Mangrove Restoration: Multiple Benefits in Da Loc, Vietnam
Da Loc (a coastal community located in Hao Loc District, Thanh-Hoa province, Vietnam) suffers from exposure to frequent natural hazards, high poverty rates, land scarcity, agricultural dependence and significant low-lying populations. In 1982, the government built a 5-kilometer sea dyke along the coast to protect Da Loc from typhoons and coastal flooding. Despite its significant…
Read MoreBridging the Gap Between Flood Science and Communities
Community engagement and participation is an essential component of successful flood risk management. Communities that are engaged in flood risk management projects can contribute local knowledge based on their experience living with floods, helping to improve models and risk reduction techniques to reflect local realities. Pickering, United Kingdom In 2007, the small town of Pickering, in…
Read MoreFlood risk management: A Strategic Approach
This paper is the result of an international collaborative effort to review and distill approaches to water management in challenging large scale and inter-related environments, providing new insights into good strategic planning and risk management of water resources and floods. The paper provides an overview of the common process and frameworks of flood risk management and…
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